To mark the 100th anniversary of the school, the Contemporary History department worked with students and pupils from the Helene Weber vocational college to design and realise the exhibition "Helene Weber: Living Democracy, Strengthening Equality".

Every year in autumn/winter, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities invites its graduates from the Bachelor's and Master of Arts degree programmes as well as doctoral and postdoctoral graduates to a graduation ceremony.

On Monday, 8 December, the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (GKW) is offering the workshop "Getting things done! Successfully defending your doctoral dissertation".

In the winter semester 2025/26, the novelist, poet and essayist Prof Dr Michael Lentz will take over the 44th Paderborn Guest Lectureship for Writers. The series of events kicks off on Monday, 8 December at 4.15 p.m. in Lecture Hall G with an opening reading from "Heimwärts" (novel, 2024) and "Chora" (poems, 2023), two of the author's more recent works.

A series of public lectures will be held as part of the seminar "Interdisciplinary Gender Studies" at the Institute of Education Studies. These will provide an insight into gender research at Paderborn University and open up a variety of perspectives on the research field of "Gender Studies". On Tuesday, 9 December, Carolin Schreckenberg, PhD scholarship holder of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, will give a lecture on "Women artists around 1900:…

Once a month, the Graduate Forum of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities invites all graduates to an informal get-together. Participants can exchange ideas and network with each other in a relaxed atmosphere.

In the winter semester 2025/26, the Institute of Media Studies is organising the lecture series "Wissen, Wirken, Werden - Radikale Fragen an Wissenschaft, Kunst und Technik". Practices, places and challenges of contemporary knowledge production will be examined. On Tuesday, 9 December, Wolfgang M. Schmitt and Ole Nymoen will give a lecture on "Knowledge and education through the "magic channels": From influencers, YouTubers and podcasters" from 7…

Under the title "Cultural Perspectives on Media", the international lecture series of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University in the winter semester 2025/26 is dedicated to the multifaceted topic of "Media" from interdisciplinary and international perspectives.

Since ancient times, music has been regarded as a central medium for the artistic exploration of the topic of "peace", the various facets of which will be examined in the lecture series "Music and Peace" organised by the Detmold/Paderborn Musicology Seminar. In this context, Prof. Dr. Claudia Bergmann from Paderborn University will give a lecture on Wednesday, 10 December on the topic of 'Ancient rituals and modern a capella singing: "The…

Under the motto "Science meets pub atmosphere", various experts are invited to discuss current, exciting and sometimes controversial topics in a relaxed atmosphere as part of the "Kneipengeflüster" event series.

Under the motto "KW writes (better) together", the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (GKW) and the Writing Competence Centre organise a monthly interdisciplinary writing group. The meeting on Thursday, 11 December, will take place from 9am to 12pm in room C5.218 and hybrid via Zoom. Registration is not required.

Lecture and discussion with Dr Philipp zur Heiden

Prof. Dr. Merle Tönnies from the Department of English Studies at the University of Paderborn will give a lecture on Thursday, December 11, on the topic of “Representations of Europe in Contemporary British Political Discourse"

On Thursday, 11 December, the "Popular Music and Media" degree programmes invite you to pop criticism, which will take place in the Grill|Café at Paderborn University from 6 pm. Under the motto "All I Want for Christmas Is Popkritik", the moderators Alyssia Ron and Julian Burkert will discuss Christmas songs with the audience.

In the winter semester 2025/26, the novelist, poet and essayist Prof Dr Michael Lentz will take over the 44th Paderborn Guest Lectureship for Writers. On Monday, 15 December, at 4.15 pm in lecture theatre G, Michael Lentz will give a lecture entitled "Schwebende Ornamentik trifft Monsters Monument. On Otto Nebel's 'Locker geordnet' and Ilse Aichinger's 'Hemlin'".